Some of the comments in the news story tell me this is not a particularly good picture. Hope I am wrong.

You can learn a lot from trailers, which usually show some, and in a few cases, all the best scenes. I hope that is not the case here.

Portions of this movie were filmed near Livingtson, Montana and the balance of the filming was in Scotland.

I watched the trailer a few days ago and, perhaps they did not show any of the exciting...

If I may interject something here...our household is full of Modern, Muted and Weathered Gunn tartan, mostly modern. In the case of the Modern we have ties, an adult male kilt, some childrens' kilts...

Frank McFarland. . . his great nephew is my best friend. Frank was the last survivor of his RHR WWI battalion.

I once saw a recruiting poster for the Regiment which said, "Join the Black Watch and...

Thirty-five years ago this print could be found at many of the clan tents at Highland Games and other gatherings. It is mid-to late Victoria era, I think.

Unfortunately, I have not seen one in...

On CBS This Morning there was another report of a DNA firm being hacked with login information stolen. I forget the name but it was not one of the "big three." There is definitely a problem which, of...

The Charlotte Observer recently did a two part story on DNA companies. I'm only referring to that, nothing to do with the Zodiac case, which I don't think is what you are referring to either. Go to...

I have toyed with having my DNA done but have not as yet. Most of my Scottish ancestry comes down through females in my paternal line (I know a good deal of the genealogy) with the male line most...

What Jim Maxwell is wearing in the photo above appears to be a badge of office or perhaps an award for service to his clan society. The Clan Gunn awards those and I have a couple myself.

I think...

I am curious as to why you refer to Clan Societies as "artificial". They serve an important function in our dispersed Clan populations. The Clan Gunn Society (UK), while not actually headed up by...